December 16, 2003

SNAPSHOT: COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING RACE AND ETHNICITY

 

Alliance for Nonprofit Management

The Alliance’s board of directors has 14 members, seven of whom identify as being of African, Asian, Hispanic/Latino ancestry—as do three from a staff of seven.  On the board, there is an equal amount of men and women. On staff, one is a man.  As the board membership rotates, the Alliance is consciously recruiting to maintain diversity.

BoardSource

At BoardSource, 14 of 38 staff members (42%) are people of color.

Council on Foundations

In 1996, the organization set two major goals related to cultural diversity on staff.  First was that 25% of managerial (director and officer level) positions would be staffed by people of color by 2000.  Second, half of all other staff would be people of color.  The Council achieved its goal in managerial positions in May 2000.  Since then, however, that percentage has slipped to 16.7%, reinforcing the need to find the most promising ways to recruit and retain a culturally diverse management team. Currently, non-managerial staff is 62.3% people of color, and overall COF staff is 46.7%.

Independent Sector (IS)

Approximately half of IS employees are people of color and 70% are women. 

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

NCRP’s board membership is 50% people of color, including 16.7% African American/Black ancestry, 16.7% Asian/Pacific Islander, 10% Latino, and 6.7% Native American. It has a 60-40 male-female ratio. The NCRP staff, too, is 50% people of color, including 8.3% Black/African ancestry, 25% Asian/Pacific Islander, 16.7% Latino. Staff are 50-50 in terms of male-female.

National Council of Nonprofit Associations

NCNA employs a total of eight staff members. Seven of the eight are women. Three of staff members are African American, three are white, and two Latino. NCNA is led by a Latina. NCNA’s board is made up of 14 members. Nine of the members are women. Eleven of the board members are white, two are African-American, and one is South Asian-American. The first vice chair of the NCNA board is African American.

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

The Board President is a woman of color as is one of four staff members.

 

Editor’s Note: These figures, gathered from each of the organizations named, compare favorably to nationwide figures of U.S. nonagricultural employees - 12.1% Hispanic/Latino and 11.4% Black as of 2002.  No similar figures were available in this national census report for employees who identify with other ethnic groups.

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